hint

Noun

1. A clue.
2. An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
3. A small, barely detectable amount.
4. Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
5. An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
6. (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
2. (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
3. (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.

Intj

Signifies that something previously said should be taken as a hint or heeded closely.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɪnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hinten

Inherited from Old English: hentan

In summary

From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną. Doublet of hent. Related also to hunt.

Synonyms

suggestion

suggest

clue

intimation

imply

insinuate

intimate

insinuation

trace

indication

allusion

tip

inkling

sign

signal

prompt

indicate

cue

give a hint

allude to

allude

implication

lead

touch

steer

tinge

key

🔑

gesture

innuendo

advice

allegory

confidential information

scent

wind

point

omen

warn

breath

speck

suspicion

consequence

significance

connotation

propound

remind

soupcon

meaning

overtone

pinch

mite